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		<title>2011 Legislative Session Recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 regular session of the legislature was followed up with a July special session that finally resolved the 2012-2013 biennial budget of the state. The $34.4 billion base budget spends 7.5% more than in the previous biennium.  The budget also included an additional $1.4 billion in one time authorized spending (not added to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.draz.com/2011/10/2011-legislative-session-recap/</link>
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		<title>Town Hall Meetings Begin August 22nd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have planned a series of 8 Town Hall Meetings with other southeastern Minnesota state legislators for the week of August 22nd, 2011.  The flyer outlining the details for these town hall meetings is attached. We will be providing you an overview of the 2011 regular and special sessions, particularly focusing on the budget resolution [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.draz.com/2011/08/town-hall-meetings/</link>
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		<title>Attend FloodFest 2010!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you know, the Minnesota Legislature passed and Governor Pawlentysigned into law, a $80 million disaster relief bill for the 29 impactedcounties in southern Minnesota and the June 17 Wadena tornado ($7million of the bill is for the Wadena area). I&#8217;d like to thank all ofthe residents of Wabasha and Goodhue Counties that came to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.draz.com/2010/11/attend-floodfest-2010/</link>
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		<title>2010 Flood: 6th Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, I know that the wait for flooded families has been much longer than anyone wanted. We heard from the federal government last night and then again this morning, regarding the federal disaster declaration. The waiting is over. The news on Minnesota&#8217;s application for federal assistance is mixed: First of all, the federal government [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.draz.com/2010/10/2010-flood-6th-update/</link>
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		<title>2010 Flood: 5th Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, Yesterday Governor Pawlenty tentatively scheduled the special session for next Monday, October 11th at 1:00 p.m. The press release is available here: http://www.governor.state.mn.us/mediacenter/pressreleases/PROD010165.html This date is tentative and will be pushed back on the calendar if we don&#8217;t receive the federal disaster declaration for our incident area by this Friday. I have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.draz.com/2010/10/2010-flood-5th-update/</link>
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		<title>2010 Flood: 4th Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, As you have likely heard, yesterday the Governor submitted a letter to the President for his consideration in declaring our region a federal disaster. The letter included 21 counties for public infrastructure (roads, bridges, city water and sewer) disaster support and 11 counties for individual assistance (homes and businesses) support. Both Wabasha and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.draz.com/2010/10/2010-flood-4th-update/</link>
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		<title>2010 Flood: 3rd Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends,                                                                                                                                Thursday, September 30, 2010 First, a state website that is very helpful for flood recovery efforts: http://www.minnesotarecovers.org The flood emergency management phase is coming to an end in the flooded regions of Wabasha and Goodhue Counties. Although recovery efforts have been underway for days now in Pine Island and most of the rural [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.draz.com/2010/10/2010-flood-3rd-update/</link>
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		<title>2010 Flood: 2nd Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends,                                                                                                                                 Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Although estimates have not yet been completed, the losses due to the flooding in Wabasha and Goodhue Counties are massive. Losses come in many forms: financial asset losses, emotional losses, opportunity losses, health losses, and what I would categorize as temporary loss of community. The floodwaters have receded in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.draz.com/2010/10/2010-flood-2nd-update/</link>
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		<title>2010 Flood: 1st Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello friends,                                                                                                                                     Friday, September 24, 2010 As you are likely aware, many of our neighbors in Wabasha and Goodhue Counties have been hard-hit by the flooding of the past two days. Today, I met with Governor Pawlenty in Pine Island as we surveyed the flood damage in the area, spoke with flood victims, and met [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.draz.com/2010/10/flood/</link>
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		<title>Immigration Debate: What is Reasonable Suspicion?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the debate over immigration law boils over in Arizona, it&#8217;s likely Minnesota could face the very same debate next year over a proposed law that is similar. Part of the argument is over two words: &#8220;reasonable suspicion.&#8221; Tom Hauser, from KSTP, talks to Steve Drazkowski about the debate. http://kstp.com/article/stories/s1678922.shtml?cat=1]]></description>
		<link>http://www.draz.com/2010/08/immigration-debate-what-is-reasonable-suspicion/</link>
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